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... the beach, the waves aren't as high this afternoon, on the way back Les suggested walking in the dunes, big mistake! Sand dunes, shorts and Mosquitos are not a good mix. We both should know better, we have several bites each, but how did I get one on my bottom? My shorts aren't short shorts! In the dunes we see some strange tracks they are about 5 inches apart and have little scoop marks on them, It takes us a while to think what the could have made them, but decide possible a ...

... and how to cook palamut! As we start to drop back down to the coast the wind has become very strong, there are small branches in the road and it is raining heavily. We arrive at Agva and the small town looks like a hurricane is blowing through it, there are planters with shrubs in them lying at the side of the road, people sheltering where ever they can and shop owners busily getting there displays, or what's left of them ...

... had lots and lots of veggies available...we decided we'd eat there in the morning.

Again, without a map, a phone or a guide, we decided to keep walking and see what the town was all about. We walked down and up and up again and made our way to an open air cafe on the top of another cliff - here we found great live music, tea, hookah and people drinking!

We waited for a table and then either because they were full or because ...

We stayed here cos it was close to Istanbul where we had to return the car. This was real suburbia - no tourists, and we stayed in a 4 star hotel - we were told there were only 2 hotels fit to stay in in this huge city. eating out was different as it was packed with ...

... of the building for a little bit. It was a pretty church, but we knew it wouldn't hold a candle to the "real" Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, so we didn't bother paying the entrance fee to go in.

We headed back to our hotel to pack up our many souvenirs and start putting things securely into our suitcases. Once that was done, we checked out and headed off to see another gate at the other side of town near the Iznik Tile and Ceramics centre. After the ...